At Madison Square Garden the New York Rangers took on the Detroit Red Wings. The Rangers would score three straight goals in the second period after a scoreless first, and Tony DeAngelo (PPG), Chris Kreider, and Ryan Strome (PPG) would get the Rangers on the board, but the Wings would respond with a Valtteri Filppula tally before the end of the second period. Then in the third Greg McKegg would score shorthanded to regain the Rangers three goal lead. Then Artemi Panarin would score late in the third to give the Rangers the 5-1 victory.

In Edmonton the Oilers would host the St. Louis Blues, and after a first period that would see both teams trade powerplay goals as Connor McDavid and Jaden Schwartz would score for their respective teams. Then in the second period Alex Pietrangelo would score on the powerplay and Robert Thomas would score at even strength to give the Blues the 3-1 lead heading into the second intermission. then in the third period Zack Kassian to cut the Blues lead to one. However the Blues would respond as both Tyler Bozak and Ivan Barbashev would score to give the Blues the 5-2 victory.